Warning: Don't fall for the 'miracle tree' scam like I did

Last spring I dropped $150 on a so-called 'fast growing oak tree' from a website that popped up on my feed. Planted it in my customer's yard in Portland, and by August it was clearly just a fancy weed. Has anyone else dealt with these fake nursery sites or am I the only sucker who fell for it?

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annas872mo ago

oh man, that sucks. my friend jenna ordered this "rare japanese maple" from some instagram ad and it showed up as a twig in a bag. she planted it anyway, watered it for months, and it never even grew leaves. just a dead stick. she finally looked up the company and it was just some random address in florida that didn't exist.

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kevin_harris782mo ago

My buddy dave fell for one of those facebook ads selling "exotic vegetable seeds" and got a bunch of empty packets with a single bean each. He grew them anyway and ended up with just regular green beans, nothing exotic at all. I told him at least he didn't get a dead stick like your friend jenna, @annas87, imagine watering a stick for six months and expecting a tree. That instagram ad probably used a photo of some famous bonsai from japan or something. I swear those scammers just grab random pictures off google and hope nobody looks too close.

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